2,000 people were arrested by U.S authorites in 20-month sting
targeting Mexico's La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. Along
with the arrest of the people on narcotics charges is the seizure
of about $61 million US dollars and more than 12 tons of drugs.
The arrests and charges were carries to the 12 states and to
the US Capital Washington. The operation was dubbed as "Project
Delirium" when the announcement came two months after Mexican
law enforcement officials arrested La Familia leader Jose de
Jesus Mendez-Vargas.
Administrator Michele Leonhart of the US Drug Enforcement
Administration said that project Delirium is the second
successful, strategic and surgical move to disrupt one of the
most violent cartels.